Affective Narratology: The Emotional Structure of Stories

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© 2011 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Parts of the introduction and chapter 1, “The Brain in Love,” were originally published as “The Brain in Love: A Case Study in Cognitive Neuroscience and Literary Theory” in Journal of Literary Theory 1.2 (2007): 339–55. An earlier version of part of the introduction appeared as “A Passion for Plot: Prolegomena to Affective Narratology” in symplokē 18.1–2 (2011). Parts of chapters 3 and 4 were originally published as “Narrative Universals, National Sacrifice, and Dou E Yuan” in Ex/Change 12 (2005): 18–25. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hogan, Patrick Colm. Affective narratology : the emotional structure of stories / Patrick Colm Hogan. p. cm.—(Frontiers of narrative) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-3002-6 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Discourse analysis, Narrative. 2. Emotions in literature. 3. Narration (Rhetoric). I. Title. p302.7.h64 2011 808'.036—dc22 2011015514 Set in Minion Pro by Bob Reitz. Designed by A. Shahan. For my teachers, including Sister James Louise, Miss Phelan, Mrs. Larsen, Mr. Schmertz, Father Ralph, Brother James, Joe Kramer, John Craig, Pat Conley, Mr. Azzara, Father Renner, Father Ong, Dan Dahlstrom, Jim Friedman, Joseph Demartini, James Degnan, Northrop Frye, Marshall McLuhan, Donald Davidson, Jim McCawley, Murray Schwartz, Irving Massey, and Norman Holland. ...